IFLScience on MSN

This brilliant map has 3D models of nearly every single building in the world - all 2.75 billion of them

Google Maps has got fresh competition. Using machine learning, computer engineers have developed an interactive map that ...
Earth.com

'Little Foot' fossil study suggests it comes from a completely new human species unknown to science

In paleoanthropology, a rare, nearly-complete skeleton can rewrite entire chapters of the human origin story. The “Little ...
ScienceAlert on MSN

Biggest Global Map of Its Kind Captures 2.75 Billion Buildings in 3D

Step aside, Google Maps; stand down, Apple Maps. Researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in Germany have created a new online atlas that shows the location of 2.75 billion buildings ...

Browse a 3D map of the world’s 2.75 billion buildings

However, the open-source project isn’t about bragging rights. With over 2.75 billion buildings detailed in the map, the ...

Google Maps Quietly Revived A Discontinued Feature Just In Time For Winter

Google Maps removed a feature last year that it said wasn't being used enough, but this winter, the feature is making a surprise comeback.

There’s a big Pluribus spoiler on Google Earth, if you know where to look

If you’ve already watched "The Gap", which is the seventh episode of the first season of Pluribus, you can probably guess ...
Nature

Giant 3D map shows almost every building in the world

Scientists have produced the most detailed 3D map of almost all buildings in the world. The map, called GlobalBuildingAtlas, combines satellite imagery and machine learning to generate 3D models for ...
New Atlas

Biomining viruses deliver rare earth elements but no toxic horrors of mining

They’re gorgeous, dazzling, passionately pursued, and worth billions. No, not Hollywood starlets and hunks and the stars of K-Pop. Well, OK, yes – they are gorgeous, dazzling, passionately pursued, ...
Altoona Mirror

New state budget supports rare earth mineral extraction

Efforts in Pennsylvania to extract valuable rare earth minerals from tens of millions of tons of coal refuse are finding support in the new state budget. The Fiscal Code, House Bill 416, provides $1.9 ...
Phys.org

All the world's buildings available as 3D models for urban and climate research

With the GlobalBuildingAtlas, a research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has created the first high-resolution 3D map of all buildings worldwide. The open data provides a crucial ...
ucdavis.edu

Extracting Rare Earth Elements from U.S. Wastewaters

Rare earth elements are vital to new technologies and industry but hard to obtain. A new project led by UC Davis and funded by a grant from ARPA-E aims to develop acid-tolerant bacteria that can ...
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Would you wear Justin Bieber’s new 3D-printed sneakers?

Justin Bieber unveiled a 3-D printed sneaker at his brand Skylrk’s first physical store, a four-day pop-up in Tokyo. Instagram/lilbieber Move over, Crocs — there’s a new divisive shoe in town. Justin ...